Tag: Laura Metzger

  • BBC World’s ‘Talking Movies’ to preview Oscar awards

    BBC World’s ‘Talking Movies’ to preview Oscar awards

    The 76th edition of the biggest film awards show the Academy Awards are just three days away. BBC World has announced that its film based show Talking Movies will preview all the excitement of Hollywood’s biggest night of the year. The show will air on 27 February at 7 pm.

    Laura Metzger reviews some classic Oscar moments, such as the kiss between Adrien Brody and Halle Berry last year. Brody won for his portrayal of a holocaust survivor in The Pianist. This year’s event will be hosted by Billy Crystal. In India the show will air live on Star Movies on 1 March at 6:30 am.

    The show host Tom Brook reviews the nominees and finds out how the unknown Shohreh Aghdashloo, who plays Mrs Behrani in The House Of Sand and Fog has been preparing for the big night. In the lead acting categories Charlize Theron who played a serial killer in Monster and Sean Penn are front runners to win. Penn's Mystic River costar Tim Robbins is the favourite in the supporting actor category.

    Talking Movies will also look at the documentary category. Its popularity has been growing in the US over the last couple of years.

  • Get the lowdown on the awards season on BBC’s ‘Talking Movies’

    Get the lowdown on the awards season on BBC’s ‘Talking Movies’

    Next week BBC World's show on the film world Talking Movies deals with the highly anticipated Academy Awards which will take place on Monday. The show airs on Thursday at 11 pm, Friday at 2 pm and 7 pm and Saturday at 11 am and 11 pm

    Host Tom Brook will examine all the hype, adulation, disappointment and aftermath of the ceremony. He will also scrutinise the Hollywood publicist versus entertainment journalists. Which of these two plays a more important role in the Hollywood franchise?

    In addition Laura Metzger reports on the Independent Spirit Awards. The show honours independent offbeat releases like Memento, In The Bedroom and Tape. She also interviews the notoriously shy Academy Award winning actor Robert De Niro.